Erik Davis and Rider-Waite-Smith

BY: Mark

We have much love for Erik Davis around here, and not just because he introduced us to the idea of being an “occulture critic” (in his 33 1/3 monograph on Led Zeppelin IV). You can look at his work and what Mark Pilkington is doing with Strange Attractor, and pretty much see the model we’re working from.

However, the reason we dig Erik Davis today is the revelation of his new column at Hilobrow.com called “Pop Arcana.” The first entry details the contributions of Pamela Colman Smith to that most iconic of tarot decks, the Rider-Waite. Go, and read about “The Comic Book of Thoth.”

[via our tarot-lovin' pal, El Dragón, who wages the good fight for organics at Fair Food Fight]